Mikhail Borodkin
Russian general and historian

Mikhail Borodkin

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Russian general and historian
Gender:
Male
Places:
Russia
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Work field:
Social science
Birth:
1 September 1852(Turku and Pori Province)
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Borodkin (1852, Bomarsund – 1919) was Russian general, military lawyer and historian. He is best remembered as the author of a seminal six volume history of Finland, published from 1908 to 1915.

Biography

Mikhail Mikhailovich Borodkin was born in 1852.

Borodkin was a graduate of Alexander Military Law Academy. Assistant to the chief military prosecutor, 1909; appointed head of the Alexander Military Law Academy, 1911; Senator, 1911. Member of the State Council, 1916.

Borodkin wrote extensively on the Finnish question. He published an extensive and detailed six-volume Istoriia Finliandii (History of Finland), published from 1908 to 1915.

Works

  • Istoriia Finliandii (History of Finland). In six volumes. 1908-1915.
  • Finland: Its Place in the Russian State. 1911.